Tevye

E918841

fictional character film character literary character stage character

Tevye is the central dairyman character and philosophical narrator of Sholem Aleichem’s stories, best known as the protagonist of the musical and film "Fiddler on the Roof."

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Tevye canonical	9
Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ literary character ⓘ stage character ⓘ
appearsIn	Fiddler on the Roof (1971 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Fiddler on the Roof (stage musical) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tevye (1939 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ Tevye the Dairyman NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	Tevye the Dairyman (story cycle) NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterTrait	humorous ⓘ philosophical ⓘ pious ⓘ talkative ⓘ
child	Bielke NERFINISHED ⓘ Chava NERFINISHED ⓘ Hodel NERFINISHED ⓘ Shprintze NERFINISHED ⓘ Tzeitel NERFINISHED ⓘ unnamed youngest daughter (in some versions) ⓘ
countryOfFictionalSetting	Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
creator	Sholem Aleichem NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalOrigin	Ashkenazi Jewish literature NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicity	Jewish ⓘ
familyName	Tevye ben Shneur Zalman NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
knownFor	conversational monologues with God ⓘ mixing humor with tragedy ⓘ
languageOfOriginalWork	Yiddish ⓘ
notableWorkContext	Fiddler on the Roof is adapted from Tevye stories by Sholem Aleichem NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	dairyman ⓘ
portrayedBy	Alfred Molina NERFINISHED ⓘ Chaim Topol NERFINISHED ⓘ Danny Burstein NERFINISHED ⓘ Maurice Schwartz NERFINISHED ⓘ Theodore Bikel NERFINISHED ⓘ Zero Mostel NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Judaism ⓘ
role	central character in Tevye the Dairyman stories ⓘ narrator in Fiddler on the Roof ⓘ protagonist of Fiddler on the Roof ⓘ
setting	Anatevka NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingType	shtetl ⓘ
spouse	Golde NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme	faith under hardship ⓘ parent–child conflict ⓘ tradition versus change ⓘ
timePeriod	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anatevka → inhabitantInFiction → Tevye ⓘ

Chaim Topol → characterPortrayed → Tevye ⓘ

If I Were a Rich Man → sungByCharacter → Tevye ⓘ

Sunrise, Sunset → sungByCharacter → Tevye ⓘ

To Life → sungByCharacter → Tevye ⓘ

Do You Love Me? → performerInFiction → Tevye ⓘ

Do You Love Me? → associatedCharacter → Tevye ⓘ

Do You Love Me? → questionAskedBy → Tevye ⓘ

Theodore Bikel → performedRole → Tevye ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof

Zero Mostel → portrayedCharacter → Tevye ⓘ